Post by mazen on Jan 8, 2013 20:09:26 GMT

Humans: The most favored creatures to Allah . Humans are made from mud and created with a free mind with curtain limits. Humans were created to worship Allah , and are the only creatures given a test ( the world we live today). Moreover , The human body , the human body doesn't belong to a human it's gift from Allah to the Human ( a soul ) to live in it and grow in the world we know today. Harming the body with tattoos , piercing (or any sort) is considered "Harram" ( forbidden )

Angels: Angels are spirits made from light. They do not think they just obey , there are angels for praying,sending prayers from Humans , ...etc... Angels can appear as Humans and other forms if they are ordered to.

Animals:Creatures made entirely for Humans as a gift from Allah.They are made to test how Humans react to such a gift - save it and live peacefully or destroy it and regret. Animals DO have souls ( In Islam every thing is alive). In addition, animals are also tested in this world and the only example given is when a sheep with horns kill a sheep with no horns , the sheep with horns is then punished.

Jinn:(Genies)The past most favored creatures to Allah. It's believed that Jinnys used to live on Earth before humans , they used to fight , destroy , and murder each other. Jinnys had many wars ( uncountable ) Although they only lived few years on Earth back then. When Allah created humans He sent them to Earth to share it with Jinnys. Like human beings, the jinn can also be good, evil, or neutrally benevolent. Jinnys are spirits made of smokeless fire , they inhabit places beyond the sight of humans ( deep oceans , deserts , high mountains ,forests ......)

Post by clara927 on Jan 10, 2013 14:12:41 GMT

Hello Mazen,

Welcome to the Godlight forum. I think that the Islamic view on spiritual beings is very interesting. I didn't know much about it before, particularly not about Jinns and how much they seem to be associated with nature. They remind me of a lot of the spirits in a lot of "animistic" belief systems. Thank you for sharing with us.